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Sunday, 9 July 2017

Inlaid Butterfly

A month or so ago, I saw a card on Carol of Our Little Inspirations blog HERE where Carol had inlaid one of the Memory Box intricate butterflies. I loved the effect, so I played around with a butterfly and tag die cut and some coloured snippets of card and the result has been sat on my craft table for about six weeks, waiting for some inspiration of what to do with it! So today, after seeing that the current Color Throwdown Challenge is red, yellow, blue and white, I decided to turn it into a card.

The Memory Box butterfly is called 'Vivienne', which I die cut in black and attached to a white Poppystamps 'Stitched Main Street Tag', matted on a slightly larger black tag. I used the butterfly die again with snippets of red, yellow and blue, inlaying the pieces into the black butterfly. I put small red and black circles at the top of the tag and five clear gems to add a bit of bling.

I have this gorgeous butterfly die and have never thought to do this technique with it. It looks contemporary and so clever. Love that you used several colours and then popped the butterfly onto the tag. The stripes down the left finish the card off beautiful. Loving this one Liz x

I love this card Liz and what a great idea. I have this die and I have to admit that I've never thought of doing anything this creative with it. It's a lovely card with a great layout. Crafty hugs, Sandra x

Really lovely card Liz, great use of the colour challenge.After leaving you the comment yesterday I went and mailed Brenda and she sorted it first thing this morning so you probably thought I had lost the plot.

What a lovely vibrant butterfly. So does that mean that you have enough of the colours left over to make more butterflies flies up in a different colourway. Love the vertical panels of colour running down the side of the card too. Thankyoy for fluttering into the butterfly garden. Hugs Mrs A.

Not this time, as I'd only die cut one black outline. I think next time I'll cut out three in black, then when I cut the other colours, I can put some of each colour in each outline.....well that the plan, I'm not sure it will work! LOL! xx

Oh liz, you've just paid me a huge compliment by mentioning my card and making one of your own! I LOVE the butterfly you created with those pretty colors and coordinating strips down the side! Fabulous card and thank you too! (hugs)

Your butterfly is ever so pretty and really pops against the white background with those pretty colours, thank you for sharing this beautiful card with us at Sparkles Monthly and look forward to seeing you again.

Hi, Liz! A WONDERFUL take on inlaid paper colors, and a fabulous butterfly card! So glad I got to see your masterpiece showcased at the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge. Thanks for joining in with your lovely artwork. Hope to see more of your pretty creations in our future challenge themes! Please check back to see if you have won a badge. Sending you wishes for a wonderful day!Smiles,Donna{Creative Smiles - my little crafting world}

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Welcome to my blog. In March 2012, I decided to cross another thing off my 'bucket list' and create my own blog. Why 'Crafty Sunflower'? Well.... for the last 13 years of teaching fulltime, a job I loved, my Reception class was called Sunflower Class. For more than 13 years I've collected anything sunflower related! I've enjoyed a variety of crafts for as long as I can remember and these days making cards is what I enjoy most. Having benefited from the inspiration of others, I hope to pass on some of my ideas to anyone who visits my blog. If you use any of my ideas please put a link back to my blog. Please do not copy my cards for competitions or publication.